Clothes-line support



(NO Model.)

J. & J. A.- PAGLIUGI-I'I & RD OANIOQ CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

,347. Patented Feb. 11,1896,

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I UNITED STATES JOHN PAGLIUGHI AND JOSEPH A. PAGLIUGHI, or NEw YomgN. Y1, AND

FELIX DE "CANTO, OFUNION'HILL; NE RSEY,

CLOTH Es- LINES uPP'o RT,

sPEorrrcA'rroN forming part of Letters Patent' no; 554,347, February: 11', 1896. mania filed as 23, l893QSe iiBaSSO-JN mean.) a a To all whom it 'mayamaem and State of New York, and FELIX: DEGANI of Union Hill, in the county of Hudson and State of New J ersey; have inventedja certain new and useful'lmprovement in Clothes-Line Supports, of which the following is a speoifi whengthje' arm-A is swung into the windowopening will the rib It? of the eye a or (L cation.

Our improvement relates to supports for;

, clothes-lines which are intended to 'be extended from the window of abuilding to some adjacent support,

lVe will. describe a support embodying our improvement and their poin;t out jthelnovel' features in a claim.-- In the accompanying "drawings -Figure l is a plan or top view-of a "clotheseline" support embodying our improvement, and this view also shows 7 opening. Fig. 2ris anteleva'tionillustrating means whereby the clothes-line support may be connected with a window-opening.- Fig.

3 is a horizontal section of :the freelendof the"- clothes-line support. Fig.4 is a transverse section. Fig. 5is a similar section illustrat ing a modification. Fig. 6is ahorizontal sec j tion on the plane of "the line 6 6', Fig; 2. Similar letters of" reference designate cor responding parts in all the figures.-

A designates anarm wh'ch may be madeof cast metal. Wedo not wish to limit our-i selves to this'construction, however, as itmay It will with advantage be providedwith one or more longitu'di-' be made of sheet metal;

nal strengthening-ribs. At one end the arm is preferably bent at an angle, the extremity.

being provided with means for pivotally connectin git with the jamb portion of a-windowopening. In the present instance the exv tremity is bifurcated and provided-with two eyes a a*, which fit pintles a? a projecting upwardly from a plate A that may be secured by screws or otherwise to the outer" side of the jamb portion of a window-opening. It is intended that this arm may be swung into the room to which the window-opening belongs;

so as to facilitate \the attachment of clothes) to a clothes-line B, andthat afterward said arm A shall be swung out joftliewindow opening. At least one of'theley' es'a a will a horizontalse'oti'on of a window-J .to-the outer side of the-arm.

a 1 0n the face or outer side of the plate' .A is a vertically extending ,r'ib; a which termi nates abruptly on the bottom so as to form a shoulder extending over the plane of the rib be providedon its exterior with a circumferential rib a terminati'ngadjacent e a of the eye alor a which is'below it. 'Qnly whichis below'saidrib; be removed from um I der the shoulder of the'riba. Consequently I at WVhile swung outward from the room it finite lockediagainst detachment by an upward movemenubecause the rib a will'then project above the rib a ofthelower eye a' ora R It is desirable to provide both eyes with a l .rib' a ,'for then it is possible to reverse the arm A; or, in other words, to turn it upside its appurtenances. -";This is advantageous'be+ the of the window-opening.

of'a' i'od'to. fit a socket formed at the free ex tremity ofzthe armA; It may be adjustable-- cause thus provision is'afiorded for-fastening plateA eitherto the right or -to the left j The arm A i s preferably previded with a' number of eyes o7. for engagement with a h ,hook-sha'pedbraceB, serving hold the dowmand combine it with the plate Aand i Aisiprovidedlwith l 8 longitudinally into i different positions and maybe secured inffplace by 'anylsuitablev means; In the'present'instanoe, notches a a are formed along one side and the arm A is I fittedwifli a pin alextending transversely longitudinal center of the arm. \YVhen the through it andhaving a notch opposite the 1 centito the piece said pin will not in'terfore with the longitudinal adj ustment of said W ;;piece;; but upon the rotation of the pin into areverse position, as illustrated in Fig. 3, it

foo will lock the piece or longitudinally in posi tion; @Aclamping-screWa ?,engaging with a tapped hole in one portion-of the-socket of the arm A and impinging against the piece.

- a serves as a means for fastening the latter a passing obliquely throu' 1 the piece it and 1 engaging with a tapped hole therein has one end bearing against the pulley-block a to limit the movement of the latter in one direction. Projections a, formed integral with;

--" the piece ailimit the movement of the .pul- 3 ley-block a in the reverse direction.

The pulley-block or preferably has a hooked part a for preventing the accidental escape of the clothes-line. 9 a a", Fig. 4, are two pulleys supported in blocks 0. a which areattached to the arm A near its bend. These blocks are pivotally connected by pivot-pins a and a, respectively', here shown as being rigidly secured to their respectiveoblocks, to the arm or'an. appurtenance thereof, and will preferably be constructed so as to be capable of being moved to a horizontal position and there held, or, in other words, a position in which the axles or pivots of the pulleys a a will be vertical. For this purpose the blocks may be combined with eccentrics for limiting their motion.

We haye shown an eccentric (t formed on an appurtenane'e of the arm A, which is secured to said arm preferably by a screw. The

eccentric coacts with the blocka, which straddles it at its pivotal portion. lnthis figure we have also shown the block a as having an elongated-arm pivoted to a projection of the arm A. The arm of the block a strikes against the arm A when the axle or pivot of the pulley has assumed an approximately vertical position, thereby preventing the block from swinging any farther upward. Aprojeetion a 'may be used to limit its move-- ment in the opposite direction.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5 a bracket or fixture (a -is secured to the arm A bya screw, for instance.

for the pivot-pins a and of", respectively, of

;vided with pulleys a and a". The pivot-pins the other block.

The ends of the fixture ai are curved and provide bearings a? and a are arranged nearer one side of the arm A than the other, so that when the blocks I are swung over toward the farther side of the arm the pivotal portions of the blocks will impinge against the respective'edges of the arm, thus preventing further movement of p the blocks. One of these blocks may be provided with a pro ectionv a for contactin g with f It will be seen that each of the blocks at the bend of the arm is provided with a sinuousthe clothes-line, or, inother opening for words, with'two guards a a, which are out of line, so that the clothes-line to be inserted or removedwill have to be moved transversely in a sinuous path.

When this support is to be used, the brace for supporting it in its normal position is detached from the eye a of the arm A and the latter is swung into the window-opening, the clothes-line being then disengaged from the pulleys at the bend. of the arm. The clothes may be attached within the room and after ward, by pulling the line, may be moved out of the window. \Vhen all the clothes have been thus attached the clothes-line will be reengagedwith'the pulleys, and then the arm maybe swung out of the window and fastened by engaging itsbrace with a hole or eye a. Variations of' the length of the line occasioned by changes of weather may be comnsated for by adjustments of the piece a.

What weclaim as our-invention, and do sire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with-an arm forming a clothes-line support bent near one end and formed at this end with eyes adapted to be pivoted adjacent to a window-opening, of pulleys and pulley-blocks, the latter having pivotal connections with said arm near its bend, means for limiting-the movements of the blocks, a pulley and pulley-block at the 'freejend of. the arm a piece a to which this pulley-block is connected, a socket on .the arm for receiving the piece a and means for fastening the piece a 'in different posit-ions, substantially as specified.-

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN PAGLlUGI-II. JOSEPH A. PAemoenr.

FELIX ma cANIo.

W itnesses ANTHONY GREF, WILLIAM M. ILIFRf 

